The “instrumentation” theme will focus on diagnostics enabling the characterization of beam parameters. These instruments can be interceptive (partially or totally) and depend heavily on the type of beam being studied: different techniques must be used depending on the type of particles, their energy, and their intensity.
Beam instrumentation, a key area of accelerators, is fundamental for assessing accelerator performance and considering the developments needed to achieve the objectives of future machines.
The cross-cutting theme here aims to support vigorous R&D in the field of instrumentation, specifically research on the physical principles of measurement and the development of new techniques or materials for construction. This typically involves R&D on intensity measurement diagnostics, size measurements, centroid measurements, or beam emittance measurements, high instantaneous intensity measurements, associated instruments such as slits, beam stops, or choppers, the development of test benches, dedicated electronics, or the use of techniques such as 3D printing. Devices enabling the characterization of particle losses, essential for the exploitation of high-power beams from future accelerators, hadronic and leptonic, will be studied.